Greater Sudbury Police have charged an 18-year-old Sudbury youth for recording a sexual encounter with a girl and sharing the video on Snapchat.
Police were contacted April 8 regarding the distribution of intimate images without consent, police said in a news release Wednesday.
“An 18-year old man from Greater Sudbury had previously recorded consensual sexual acts of himself with a young woman on April 8, 2018,” the release said. “A short time later, he sent the video to a group of friends via snap chat. One of the individuals in the snap chat group opened the video the next day while in the cafeteria of a local post-secondary school.”
The teen, who can't be named until the charges have been processed through the court system, is facing criminal charges of voyeurism (capturing images/footage without the person’s knowledge or consent) and distribution of intimate images without consent.
He will appear in Court on May 23.
Investigators spoke with the individuals in the group chat to “educate them on the serious legal implications associated with the distribution of intimate images without consent,” the release said.
“Sharing intimate images of another individual without their consent is a criminal offence regardless of who took the original image/video,” the release said. “The Greater Sudbury Police Service takes these matters very seriously and will continue to investigate incidents involving the distribution of intimate images without consent.”
